week 3

Day 8 - Monday July 9th
8.3 - Reflection of the first two weeks

8.4 - Definitions

• Define the words "source," "bias," and "reliable."

source: something that can be use for supporte or help.
bias: A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment
reliable :Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.

• Why is it important for resources to be reliable

8.6 - Thinking Critically about Websites
Answer the following questions about the websites above:

• What characteristics make these websites so convincing?

the topic they base one make them convincing.

• What evidence is available to prove that these websites are hoax sites?

the thing that they talking about compare reality prove they are hoax.

• How can we determine if sources on the internet are reliable or not?

it as to make sense to be reliable.

• Which types of sources are reliable and in which circumstances?

the pregnant man is reliable because he was first a women befor he became a man.
8.7 - Mark up the text - Website checklist


‍Day 9 - Tuesday July 10th
9.2 - What is the Supreme Court?

• The highest federal court, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation.

9.3 -Searching the Internet

http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/Obamacare+and+the+Supreme+Court
this is a reliable webstite because it give u opinion and fact about the topic .

9.4 - Summarize the Supreme Court

• The primary role of the US Supreme Court is interpreting the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States has the ultimate responsibility for settling disputes and interpreting the meaning of laws.

9.5 - Researching a Famous Supreme Court Case

9.6 - Explore a Glogster on the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Glogster

After you are done, answer the following questions:

• What do you like about this?

1-) i like how you can orgonize and put everything together.

• What do you not like?

2-)there is nothing to dislike about it.

• How is this different from making a traditional poster on paper or trifold board?

3-) its different because you can sa it somewwhere safe so u dont loose it.

• Have you used glogster before?

4-) no
9.7 - Create your own glogster


Day 10 - Wednesday July 11th
10.1 - Where do you fit?
How do your views compare with the Supreme Court?
Take this quiz and post your results on your notebook.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/25/us/scotus-quiz.html

10.2 - Name the three branches of government and what they each do.

• Legislative - Makes the Laws
• Executive - Enforces the Laws
• Judicial - Intreprets the Laws

10.3 - Preview with WordSift

10.6 - Test your knowledge
Constitution Quiz
Post your score on your virtual notebook
CONGRATULATIONS!

YOUR SCORE IS: 10 OUT OF 10 ON THE CONSTITUTION FACTS QUIZ!
YOUR CONSTITUTION I.Q. IS: GENIUS
THE AVERAGE SCORE FOR PEOPLE FROM
THE AVERAGE SCORE NATIONALLY IS 7.30

‍Day 11 - Thursday July 12th
11.1 -What is the Constitution?

• The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government : legislative, judicial, and executine

11.3 - Articles of the Constitution

• Article I � The Legislature :The duty of the legislative branch is to make the laws

• Article II � The Executive :The duty of the executive branch is to enforce the laws.

• Article III � The Judiciary :The duty of the judicial branch is to interpret the laws

• Article IV � Relations among States :Article IV governs the relationships among the states

• Article V � Amending the Constitution :According to Article VI, the Constitution and laws of the United States are �the supreme law of the land

• Article VI � Supremacy of National Government :When the framers signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787, they still faced the arduous task of persuading the American people to agree with them.

• Article VII � Ratification :Some people say the rights protected by the First Amendment are the most important in the entire Bill of Rights, because they are listed before the other nine amendments.

11.4 - Six Main Principles of the Constitution


11.5 - Six Main Principles Practice


11.6 - Bill of Rights
The last part of the Constitution is the Amendements. These are 27 additional rights and laws that had to be added after the Constitution was ratified. The last one was added in 1994, and there could be more added. The frst 10 were added at the time of the Constitution's ratifcation, and are referred to as the Bill of Rights.


11.7 - Bill of Rights Case Study


Summarize what your case was about - what amendment does it relate to?

• my case was about a school policy that say that stundents are not able to wear harmband in school. I think its related to the 1st amendment.

11.8 - Presentation of your court case

Day 12 - Friday July 13th
12.1 - Week 3 checklist

12.2 - Define the following words:

• Policy Platform : a document stating the aims and principles of a political party.
• Taxes :A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits
• Economy : the wealth and resources of a country or a region
• Foreign Policy : a policy governing international relation
• Health Care : social insurance for hill or injuries
• Immigration : the action of coming permenantly in a forgein country
• Energy/Environment : the surrounding or condition in witch a person live

12.3 - Which of the ideas above is most important to you? Why?
health care is the most important because it help save peoples life.

12.4 Presidential Research
You will now research what Obama and Romney think about each of the major issues.

12.5 - Summarize your research